Real Madrid beat stubborn Osasuna
Ricardo Carvalho’s goal made the difference as Real given their dominance were tentative when it came to finishing off...
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A Herculean effort sinks Barcelona, 2-0
An absolute shocker in the Liga as Javier Mascherano’s debut turns to dust. Hercules, a club promoted after 13...
Super Cup: Atletico Madrid stun Inter Milan, 2-0
Goals by former Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes and Maradona’s son in law Kun Aguero seal a memorable victory...
Ibrahimovic: A €40m Milan move in the works
The Spanish media outlets are saying that a deal is in the works that will bring Ibra to AC...
Inter sweeps the UEFA awards
A clean sweep – the first time since the awards were instituted in 1998. Diego Milito won the footballer...
Aston Villa crash out against Rapid Wien, 2-3 (agg 3-4)
Kevin McDonald’s boost as interim coach took another turn for the worse as Villa came unglued at home against...
Liverpool left it late defeating Trabzonspor, 2-1
It all looked a bit grim for Liverpool as Teofilo Gutierrez’s 4th minute goal stood for 80 more minutes...
Champions League draw: Arsenal’s Brazilian pitfalls
Former Arsenal striker Eduardo will go up against his old club The Champions League draw took place in Monaco...
Sebastien Squillaci is finally a Gunner
Evidence that Squillaci comes from the Uri Geller school Squillaci signs a three year contract with Arsenal which is...
Galliani goes Ibra shopping to Barca
Adriano Galliani is in Barcelona to thrash out a transfer deal for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He will meet with Sandro...
Paul Scholes: Will he come out of retirement?
Wayne Rooney and James Milner have all come out with statements saying that they would love to have Paul...
Mourinho targets Wenger, Capello, and Benitez
The not so Special One Jose Mourinho is feeling a wee bit omnipotent nowadays and it really makes no...
Crouch and Bale put on a show against Young Boys, 4-0
Spurs swept aside Young Boys at the Lane, 4-0 to progress on aggregate (6-3) to the CL first round....
Glazers and Man Utd: Another sink or swim story
The Guardian reports that the Glazer family business, First Allied Corporation is facing financial difficulties which raise questions of...
Werder edge Sampdoria in a thriller, 2-3 (agg 5-4)
This match lived up to its billing as Giampaolo Pazzini lit up the pitch with a very impressive opening...
Man City toy with Liverpool, 3-0
Liverpool had to be very, very good to beat City. But all the signs on the pitch pointed to...
Nick Clegg gets ahead of himself
Nick Clegg waxes lyrical about England’s 2018 World Cup chances. “You could technically hold the World Cup here tomorrow.”...
Ibrahimovic’s Milan move is pie in the sky
His agent Mino Raiola, who is also employed by Mario Balotelli says that 99.9% Zlatan Ibrahimovic is going to...
Wenger to double the ante for Schwarzer?
The transfer deadline looms. Every other goalkeeping option is conjecture. What is real is that Mark Schwarzer wants an...
Hoffenheim shock Werder, 4-1
The post Mesut Oezil period did not begin well for Thomas Schaaf’s Werder Bremen as the club was taken...
Villa’s debacle puts more pressure on a Bradley arrival
Bob Bradley going public with his interest in coaching Aston Villa could not have been better timed as the...
Man Utd vs Fulham: An absorbing encounter ends 2-2
An absolutely gripping encounter at Craven Cottage replete with “Where is Mark Schwarzer?” Rumours are that he was kept...
Blackpool get a reality check
The 4 – 0 dream start against Wigan last week may have led them to believe that they would...
Stephen Ireland earns our sympathy
How bad is Roberto Mancini? The only creative midfielder in your midst and he is sidelined. Sure, he is...
Octopus Paul: Ambassador to England’s 2018 World cup bid
England tightened its tentacles on the 2018 World Cup as Octopus Paul was announced as ambassador to their bid....
Real’s summer clearance: Gago, Van Der Vaart, Lass, and Diarra
Clubs with some money can look to getting any of these players for the Real summer special. Jorge Valdano...
Comedy reigns in Anderlecht vs Partizan’s encounter
Nothing wrong with the first two goals which were genuine. The third goal was a spectacular one scored by...
Gallas to join Tottenham
Maybe Gallas can do some more of this while at Spurs Another classy act by the former Arsenal captain-...
Mario Balotelli scores on debut
The Premiership’s most exciting talent scores on debut for City as they manage to overcome FC Timisoara, 1-0 on...
City’s opponents FC Timişoara’s convoluted ownership
Man City starts its Europa Cup venture against Romanian club FC Timişoara which is not exactly the original city...
Club takeover update: Liverpool and Blackburn
Coming soon to Ewood Park Liverpool’s takeover bid is being undermined by interested parties with notional money. Those with...
Arsenal makes a move for Sebastien Squillaci
Arsenal’s search for a center back to pair up with Thomas Vermaelen has led them to French international and...
Özil: “I wanted to play with the best and the best is Mourinho”
Mesut Özil is presented at the Bernabeu as he completes his move to Real on a 6 year contract....
Anelka calls the FFF ” a bunch of clowns”
Nicholas Anelka was banned for 18 months by the French Football Federation. Today he blasted back in typical fashion....
Homegrown rule could invoke FIFA’s rule 15
Arsene Wenger is an outspoken critic of the Premiership’s new thrust towards domestic development of players which stipulates that...
Ozil’s sticker price goes up
Werder Bremen is now asking for €30m euros. However, Real Madrid believes that Klaus Allofs is overplaying his hand...
Arsenal close to Mark Schwarzer signing
Arsenal are set to offer an improved bid worth £3m for Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer this week. Schwarzer has...
Chelsea pulverize West Brom (Drogba’s hattrick), 6-0
Chelsea inflicted the heaviest defeat of any opening day in the Premiership as they swept aside newly promoted West...
HT: Man City vs Spurs: 0-0 Amazing Joe Hart!
Spurs all over City like a fast growing fungus. How did they not score? A clinic in superb goalkeeping...
Bob Bradley quits as USA coach
As per a number of media outlets including ESPN, there are emerging reports that Bob Bradley has handed in...
Balotelli to be announced at Man City tomorrow
Balotelli wearing his bio-hazard hairdo Super Mario flew in with his agent Mino Raiola to the Eastlands today for...
Argentinian media: Mascherano to join Barcelona
Ole is reporting that Barca has reached an agreement with Liverpool over the sale of Javier Mascherano for €15...
Veron comes out against Maradona
La Brujita broke his month long silence after the World Cup and has come out strong in his criticism...
Video: Capello tells Beckham its over on TV
I have never been a big fan of David Beckham but its even harder to be behind Fabio Capello....
Video: Nadal and Djokovic play football tennis
Serious football chops from both players. Rafa Nadal was a football player before he turned to tennis and his...
Christian Poulsen to Liverpool
Juve holding midfielder Christian Poulsen’s new home will be Anfield as Roy Hodgson adds insurance against a Javier Mascherano...
So is Bob Bradley out the door?
Yesterday a distinctly unmotivated and haphazard US team lost to a youthful Brazilian side, 2-0. Were they channeling Bradley’s...
Video: England 2 Hungary 1
England won on the strength of two Gerrard goals which were quite sublime, especially the second one. Bobby Zamora...
Video: Chicharito rolls on against Spain
El Chicharito Hernandez is on a tear – latching onto Andres Guardado’s pass, he raced towards goal and bent...
Capello reads Beckham his international epitaph
You many not see this again In June just before the World Cup, Fabio Capello brought David Beckham into...
Liverpool’s new owner or is he?
This man might be Liverpool’s new owner. Or rather the front man for a cash rich Sharjah family. Then...
Martin O’ Neill’s walk out is met with a storm of criticism
The Villa board is unhappy and so are the players and fans. Martin O’ Neill’s move to walk out...
Video: Brazil outclasses USA, 2-0
The scoreline flatters to deceive as Brazil put on a clinic against the USA. The capacity crowd of 77,723...
Didier Drogba: A royal pain removed
Didier Drogba reveals that he has been playing in pain for the last six years. “The problem was a...